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NETWATCH
History of the railways of Hull
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS_732J9pkRIMhsWXScc3Sw7lXP5rAW_Y
Quiet stations on Humberside
https://is.gd/5cKKpK
Review of Dawlish Alternative routes
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/dawlish-avoiding-train-line-south-3746866
Plastic sleepers used on Ffestiniog Railway
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=40141
Photos of Belfast and County Down Railway
https://is.gd/Pg4dFf
A Finnish steam loco in Barking
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2020/01/16/see-a-finnish-steam-train-in-barking/
Scheme for railway tunnel between Jersey and Guernsey abandoned
https://gsy.bailiwickexpress.com/gsy/news/tunnel-jersey-not-worth-pursuing
Trolleybuses in Wales
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51034523
Night rider - 21 years sleeping on London buses
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-50459821
John Laing photographic collection
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51034911
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
K1 62005 on the Great Central Railway - Timeline Events Photo Charter - 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS4NAAhdAw4
Battling Beattock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcQ5SE3iNAA
Winterdampf auf der Fichtelbergbahn mit 99 1762-6 und 99 1772-5 am
11.01.2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP-4ckav6E0
Prairie Village, South Dakota train ride with 0-6-0, #29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_YegAxWbb8
Omaha Zoo Steam Train
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-SE1OpnNbA
Military Model Trains, Boats and Tanks: Second World War Diorama
Operation Abyss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpRqtI47gmQ
What do we think Bachmann Branchline will do in 2020?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBkcTM4xr-k
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Mack Super Pumper - a Locomotive-engined fire fighter that could
extinguish Hell itself
https://bangshift.com/?p=116845
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
A visit to Urmston Miniature Railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpf9c6p912w
(Spotter: Barry Knapper)
Bullitt Mustang sets auction record with $3.4 million sale
https://wp.me/p9sOtN-ULu
1967 Shelby GT500 Barn Find
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PebxokXOzs
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
'The Godfather of trains' - the Trans-Mongolian from Moscow to Beijing
https://is.gd/dM9nvf
An introduction to South East Hampshire Rapid Transit (I prefer Fareham
Area Rapid Transit myself)
https://vimeo.com/374108460
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IN THE NEWS
DfT funding mistake for Network Rail
https://is.gd/xLyLdC
'Split ticket' rail fares to go mainstream say experts
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51077807
New British fleets undergo testing in Velim
https://www.railjournal.com/fleet/new-british-fleets-undergo-testing-in-velim/
Delayed rail projects contribute to Bombardier profit downturn
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=35812
Vivarail’s Class 230 achieves UK first with 40-mile battery-powered trip
https://tinyurl.com/sm6jv9r
GBRf to lease new container carrying wagons
https://is.gd/dRNKF1
South Western Railway boss in talks with RMT over strikes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51063064
South Western Railway welcomes their newly refurbished trains
https://is.gd/PIOZoN
Waterloo retains top spot as Britain’s busiest station
https://is.gd/VHjyXl
Barking Riverside station
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2020/01/14/londons-newest-train-station-barking-riverside/
Earthslip at Ockley
https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/horsham-dorking-rail-disruption-last-17575829
Pacer unit damaged by waves at Dawlish
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-51139119
Derailment in Hitchin sidings
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-51105296
First Class 720 EMU for Greater Anglia delivered
https://modern-railways.keypublishing.com/?p=17057
Plea to railway neighbours after airborne trampoline disrupts passengers
https://is.gd/XwJbpD
Safety warning after lorry smashes through level crossing
https://www.networkrail.co.uk/?p=69702
First freight train to East Midlands Gateway Terminal
https://is.gd/XExpxs
Wireless taxi charging to be trialled at Nottingham station
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-51140689
First of 52 new trains built by Stadler for Merseyrail delivered
https://modern-railways.keypublishing.com/?p=17060
Least used station gets visitor boost
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51106246
Passenger numbers hit buffers as north-east train use drops two million
https://tinyurl.com/wjhp9eq
Threat to Newton Aycliffe jobs as train orders wind down
https://is.gd/KZ9T1N
Under-fire ScotRail operator gets rid of 300 station staff but hires 200
managers
https://is.gd/nRIiCR
Emergency windows on Caledonian Sleeper locked shut
https://is.gd/zuPoVz
Michael Matheson tackled over Caledonian Sleeper complaints
https://tinyurl.com/yxxz2vdd
LSL bid to purchase Springburn Works
https://tinyurl.com/qresoup
Trespassing cows at Pollockshaws West
https://is.gd/rctb0i
Loads of advantages to rail timber transport – so let’s get it on track
https://is.gd/Ss0tlR
Glenfinnan's Harry Potter viaduct focus of £1.7m upgrade
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-51134101
Aberdeen rail fans get on track with work at signal box
https://tinyurl.com/yx4wjdho
Balfour Beatty completes electrification of Bristol-Cardiff rail route
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/balfour-beatty-bristol-cardiff/
Works starts on new station at Bow Street
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51061417
Pembrey & Burry Port Victorian footbridge to be refurbished
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51091994
Update on 35011 General Steam Navigation
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=39733
Deltic Preservation Society Update
https://www.thedps.co.uk/news
ETRMS introduction delayed in Sweden
https://is.gd/gJojni
Sarajevo resignalling contract
https://is.gd/Q4cC9D
Czech branchline reopened
https://is.gd/RWlpmM
Swiss minor railway orders Stadler EMUs
https://is.gd/MlxJNP
Singapore opens first Thomson-East Coast Line stations
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=35710
Japan bullet train to carry seafood for faster tunnel speed
https://is.gd/N3JoO9
TfL pay as you go fares frozen for 2020
https://is.gd/M1mGcJ
Award for Heaton Park Tramway
http://www.britishtramsonline.co.uk/news/?p=32063
Southend Pier trains to be replaced next year
https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/18155342.southend-pier-trains-set-replaced-next-year/
Battery/lpg hybrid trams enter service in Doha
https://is.gd/tOvYg8
New Routemaster buses to become front boarding only
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-51062969
Loose horse rescued from Cardiff road and put on bus
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51146051
£46m Dyfi bridge replacement given go-ahead
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51088804
CalMac launches new bilingual customer care service for Gaelic speakers
https://tinyurl.com/wk38ldd
Vessel adrift off Oban in gales
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-51069620
Upgrading Aurigny turbo prop fleet
https://gsy.bailiwickexpress.com/gsy/news/raiders-get-their-plane
FlyBe problems
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51093934
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51113895
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51117885
EasyJet to make Sharm el-Sheikh return
https://is.gd/VzecmF
Schiphol airport face limits following new pollution report
https://www.dutchnews.nl/?p=149851
Ukranian jet unintentionally shot down
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-51073621
A350-1000 demonstrates vision-based automatic take-off
https://is.gd/j2nq2u
Plane dumps fuel over schools near Los Angeles airport
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51112630
Long-haul routes a bright spot in Cathay December traffic
https://is.gd/VjDGiF
India implements compulsory drone registration
https://is.gd/guy8MT
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Andrew Nummelin, Mike
Price
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TV and RADIO
18/01/20 Channel 5 2100-2200
"How the Victorians Built Britain" 3/8 Bridges
19/01/20 BBC4 2000-2230
"All Aboard! New Zealand by Rail, Sea and Land"
19/01/20 ITV 2245-2315
"The Metro: a Rail Life Story" Tyne & Wear 1/4
20/01/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Canterbury to Alexandra Palace
21/01/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Limehouse to Rochford
21/01/20 BBC4 1930-2000
"Monkman & Seagull's Genius Guide to Britain"
21/01/20 ITV 1930-2000
"The Metro: a Rail Life Story" Tyne & Wear 2/4
22/01/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Witham to Felixstowe
22/01/20 BBC4 1930-2000
"James May: the Reassembler" Dansette record player
23/01/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Saxmundham to Norwich
23/01/20 BBC4 2100-2200
"Concorde: a Supersonic Story"
24/01/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Attleborough to Skegness
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no
responsibility can be accepted for inaccuracies or changes
17/01/20- London Model Engineering Exhibition
18/01/20 Alexandra Palace, London, N22 7AY
http://www.londonmodelengineering.co.uk
18/01/20 Isle of Wight Bus and Rail Users Group: Public Meeting
Methodist Church Hall, Quay Street, Newport, IoW
http://wig.ht/2np3
18/01/20 Worksop Model Transport Exhibition
Crossing Church Centre, Newcastle St, Worksop, S80 2AT
1000-1600, Adult: £4.00, Child: £1.00, MBF Member: £2.00
https://www.model-bus-federation.org.uk/
24/01/20- Great Central Railway: Winter Steam Gala
26/01/20
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk
25/01/20- Southampton Model Railway Exhibition
26/01/20 Barton Peveril College, Chestnut Avenue, Eastleigh, SO50 5BX
http://www.southamptonmodelrailwaysociety.wordpress.com
01/02/20- Churnet Valley Railway: Super-power Weekend Take 2
02/02/20
https://www.churnetvalleyrailway.co.uk/events/super-power-weekend-take-2.html
Cheers, Howard.
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